Love Your Lungs Campaign - Nottingham City May 2009

The British Lung Foundation and Nottingham City NHS held a ‘Love Your Lungs’ campaign throughout May 2009 to alert Nottingham City residents to the symptoms of a common lung disease called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Why Nottingham City

Nottingham was targeted after research by the charity showed that people in the city have a 40% greater risk of developing COPD than the UK average.

The BLF was keen to reach people who are unaware of the early symptoms which include breathlessness and a persistent cough. We therefore ran two events offering the public free lung function tests.

Key statistics – Lung Function Testing Events

646 residents of Nottingham City received a free lung function test

141 residents (22%) were advised to visit their GP for a follow up consultation

Evaluation

74% of those asked felt the event had increased their awareness of COPD

25% felt the events had impacted their day to day behaviour

32% of those asked who were referred were diagnosed with COPD

Love Your Lungs Executive Summary – Nottingham City